DETAILED DIRECTIONS PER LOCATION

From The Chesapeake Bay Bridge(North):

Take Route 301 North to Middletown (Approximately 40 minutes or 45 miles).

In Middletown take 299 East for approximately 1 1/2 miles to Route 1/Route 13.

Take Routes 1/13 North over the new Bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at St. Georges (Approximately 10 Minutes or 10 Miles).

Follow Route 1 to the Christiana Mall area.

You are now on Delaware Route 1/Route 7 headed North. Continue directly ahead for approximately 1 1/2 miles or 5 traffic lights. (After approximately 3/4 of a mile the designation as Route 1 ends and the road becomes Route4/Route 7. It is the same road just different numbers.)

Turn left at the fifth traffic light. This is Delaware Park Boulevard. This road will bring you first to the Casino Entrance to Delaware Park.

NEW JERSEY
Camden, Trenton / South Jersey

From New Jersey/New York City (Southwest):

Take the New Jersey Turnpike or Route 295 Southwest. (From New York City to Exit 1 at the South end of the Jersey Turnpike is approximately 120 miles. To Delaware Park it is 130 miles or 2 1/2 hours.)
Cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge (Twin Bridges).

Continue on 295 until it joins 495 and 95 Southwest of Wilmington. The combined roads then become 95 approximately 4 miles South of the Memorial Bridge.

Leave Interstate 95 at exit 4B Stanton.

You are now on Delaware Route 58 (Churchman's Road) headed West.

To get to Delaware Park you can turn right after the first light. (This is just beyond the DelTech campus.

You are now on Delaware Route 1/Route 7 headed North. Continue directly ahead for approximately 1 mile or 5 traffic lights. (After approximately 1/4 of a mile the designation as Route 1 ends and the road becomes Route4/Route 7.)

Turn left at the fifth traffic light. This is Delaware Park Boulevard.

This road will bring you first to the Casino Entrance to Delaware Park.

From The Philadelphia Airport

Interstate 495 will connect again with Interstate 95 South of Wilmington

Continue South on Interstate 95 to Churchmans Road Exit 4B

Once off exit keep straight on Route 58 (through five lights).

At the 6th light (junction of Route 58 and Route 4) continue
straight into Delaware Park entrance. This road will first bring you to the clubhouse entrance to Delaware Park.

From Philadelphia Southwest

Take Interstate 95 Southwest for approximately 45 to 50 minutes. (It is about 45 miles from Philadelphia to the highway exit for Delaware Park.)

Leave Interstate 95 at exit 4B (Stanton, Churchman's Road).

You are now on Delaware Route 58 (Churchman's Road) headed West.

To get to Delaware Park you may turn right after the first light.

You are now on Delaware Route 1/Route 7 headed North. Continue directly ahead for approximately 1 mile or 5 traffic lights. (After approximately 1/4 of a mile the designation as Route 1 ends and the road becomes Route4/Route 7.)

Turn left at the fifth traffic light. This is Delaware Park Boulevard.

This road will bring you first to the Casino Entrance to Delaware Park.

Entrances to Delaware Park:

There are three entrances to Delaware Park:

The Kirkwood Entrance is accessible from Kirkwood Highway (Route 2). There is no shuttle bus to the parking area and there is no valet parking. There is handicapped parking area but to reach the Casino or Racetrack you must walk through a tunnel under the railroad.

There is an entrance at the junction of Routes 58 and 4 (Churchman's Road and Ogletown Road). This is the Southwest corner of Park grounds. It is across the street from Christiana Hospital. This entrance provides access to both the Clubhouse and the Casino but is closer to the Clubhouse. (Valet Parking is available $4.00). Shuttle buses run from the Parking Area to the Clubhouse.

There is an entrance near the Junction of Route 4 and 7. This is the Northeast corner of Park grounds. This entrance provides access to both the Casino and the Clubhouse but is closest to the Casino. (Valet Parking is available $4.00). Shuttle buses run from the parking area to the Casino.

Bad beat blues!

If there is one term that you will probably hear more than any other when you are playing poker it is the bad beat, but the one thing you have to remember when it happens to you is that it really is just bad luck, nothing more, nothing less.

In poker, a bad beat is where a player who has the strongest hand eventually loses to someone who has a far weaker hand. To make matters worse, the reason that the player with the weaker hand ends up winning is more than likely because they made a bad call, so it is easy to see that it can sometimes feel that the world is against you, especially when you have got cold hard cash riding on the outcome of the game.

There is of course another kind of bad beat and these are the kind what are often portrayed in films due to the dramatic nature of the cards that are being dealt, with that famous scene from the Cincinnati Kid immediately springing to mind. This type of bad beat is where the player has a strong hand only to be beaten by another player who has an even stronger hand, pretty galling to say the least.

The thing to remember is that at some point in your poker playing future you will experience many bad beast and the thing to remember is that even though you will be disappointed, to say the least, you must stay in control and not react by going on what is commonly known as, ‘on tilt’.

This is where a player throws all logic out of the window and starts to make stupid bets on whatever hands he is dealt. Playing in this way will almost certainly end in tears with the player not only losing money but also any confidence that they are able to play poker and use their playing skills to win.

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